where there's smoke

I've taken off for a weekend road trip (in a rented minivan!) to Palm Springs for the weekend. Its their rodeo weekend, so seemed like a good time for a getaway. It was a bit surreal standing around with a beer at the rodeo while watching the mountains above it on fire - kinda one of those SoCal things I guess we learn to shrug and get used to. I guess they do market it as the "Hot Rodeo." Regardless, like all rodeos, its always good to run into old friends and make some new ones. Off for another day of it...

It's already the last day of Eurovision already and I haven't done such a great job updating and sharing Lisbon. We really hit the ground running with performances every night (jury shows in between televised shows) and plenty of…

Just a quick taste of a couple days in Barcelona. I'll have to try to do a catch up post later, because I'm in Lisbon for Eurovision now and no time to spend on it! Barcelona was a rough spot for me. I suffered through some…

Well I never meant to stop posting as soon as I got back to the States… but now I'm back up in the air (well, actually between flights, but still...) on another adventure, so lets start it again so I can share it with you. I still…